jrsavoie
Recruit
WHat is MIL?
Mother In Law?
Mother In Law?
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matuva
Tropical 6.5er
ROFL, would like to see what would look like Mother In Law at "ON"
MIL is for Malfunction Indicator Lamp, the lamp lighting orange, looking like a small engine, to tell you something is wrong
MIL is for Malfunction Indicator Lamp, the lamp lighting orange, looking like a small engine, to tell you something is wrong
buddy
Active Member
MIL is same thing as SES or CEL, although some vehicles may have had two of them based on different types of problems.
matuva
Tropical 6.5er
:mad2::mad2: was quiet those few past days, and till yesterday she does it again. Luckily, I'm still able to start, but this intermitent problem is driving me nut :WTF:
I have access to a PCM from a 1994 truck with manual tranny. By swapping the chip, I might be able to use it and see...
I forgot to mention that she was also showing hicups, iddle or driving. Several hicups which calm a bit after replaced my flight system PMD with a used Stanadyne, but still get some; less but still some.
One time I was cruising at 140~150 kph, strong hicup, MIL ON, and then she was junky the next start. :skep:
BTW, is there any kind of main Power Switch hidden under the dash, above the brake pedal? Each time I key ON, I can hear a slight "ssshh" noise for a second in this area, but I can find what is doing that, relay, actuator????
I have access to a PCM from a 1994 truck with manual tranny. By swapping the chip, I might be able to use it and see...
I forgot to mention that she was also showing hicups, iddle or driving. Several hicups which calm a bit after replaced my flight system PMD with a used Stanadyne, but still get some; less but still some.
One time I was cruising at 140~150 kph, strong hicup, MIL ON, and then she was junky the next start. :skep:
BTW, is there any kind of main Power Switch hidden under the dash, above the brake pedal? Each time I key ON, I can hear a slight "ssshh" noise for a second in this area, but I can find what is doing that, relay, actuator????
matuva
Tropical 6.5er
Could be the ignition switch I hear.
In taht case, could it be a bad wire at the ignition switch which makes that the PCM
doesn't receive power correctely and so loose the glow time? Same as if it was disconnected then reconnected?
In taht case, could it be a bad wire at the ignition switch which makes that the PCM
doesn't receive power correctely and so loose the glow time? Same as if it was disconnected then reconnected?
buddy
Active Member
The glow controller is right on the other side of the firewall, and its output runs to the glow fuse under the dash and over the computer so it knows the voltage is to the glows while it says it should be.
The noise could be an air damper or something?
The short glow would be from something in the circuit shorting or the PCM is losing the constant battery voltage, or the PROM is losing power from the PCM from some fault. losing ignition voltage wouldnt do it. The same wire that provides the battery power also powers the OPS/LP, so I wonder if there is anything flaky about that circuit.
The noise could be an air damper or something?
The short glow would be from something in the circuit shorting or the PCM is losing the constant battery voltage, or the PROM is losing power from the PCM from some fault. losing ignition voltage wouldnt do it. The same wire that provides the battery power also powers the OPS/LP, so I wonder if there is anything flaky about that circuit.
matuva
Tropical 6.5er
Is it possible this can come from a glow plug wire, disconnected or shorted?
matuva
Tropical 6.5er
I swap my chip to another ECM: no more issues till a week now... but I lost cruise control. I have ordered a reman unit expecting to fix this cruise issue.
The ECM I'm using now is coming from a manual 1994 Cheyenne, ...
The ECM I'm using now is coming from a manual 1994 Cheyenne, ...